Martin County High School traffic affected by Veterans Memorial Bridge

Martin County High School traffic along Kanner Highway affected by the new Veterans Memorial Bridge on Tuesday January 7, 2014.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Traffic flows smoothly along Kanner Highway in front of Martin County High School on the first day back to school after Winter Break on Tuesday January 7th. Tuesday is the first school day at MCHS to be affected by the opening of the new Veterans Memorial Bridge on Indian Street, southwest of the school. Martin County High School is located on Kanner Highway between Monterey Road and Indian Street, with both roadways now having bridge access between Palm City and Stuart. "It (traffic) seems to be more coming more from the new bridge," Said Rebecca Wise, a Martin County Sheriff's Office School Crossing Guard, about the traffic in front of the school Tuesday morning.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Martin County Sheriff's Office School Crossing Guard Dawn Haas stops northbound traffic along Kanner Highway in front of Martin County High School's south entrance on the first day back to school after Winter Break on Tuesday January 7th. Tuesday is the first school day at MCHS to be affected by the opening of the new Veterans Memorial Bridge on Indian Street, southwest of the school. Martin County High School is located on Kanner Highway between Monterey Road and Indian Street, with both roadways now having bridge access between Palm City and Stuart. "It's just slower," Haas said about the traffic in front of the school Tuesday morning.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Martin County High School traffic along Kanner Highway affected by the new Veterans Memorial Bridge on Tuesday January 7, 2014.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Martin County High School traffic along Kanner Highway affected by the new Veterans Memorial Bridge on Tuesday January 7, 2014.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Martin County High School traffic along Kanner Highway affected by the new Veterans Memorial Bridge on Tuesday January 7, 2014.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Martin County High School traffic along Kanner Highway affected by the new Veterans Memorial Bridge on Tuesday January 7, 2014.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Martin County High School traffic along Kanner Highway affected by the new Veterans Memorial Bridge on Tuesday January 7, 2014.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Martin County High School traffic along Kanner Highway affected by the new Veterans Memorial Bridge on Tuesday January 7, 2014.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Martin County High School traffic along Kanner Highway affected by the new Veterans Memorial Bridge on Tuesday January 7, 2014.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Martin County High School traffic along Kanner Highway affected by the new Veterans Memorial Bridge on Tuesday January 7, 2014.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Martin County High School traffic along Kanner Highway affected by the new Veterans Memorial Bridge on Tuesday January 7, 2014.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Martin County High School traffic along Kanner Highway affected by the new Veterans Memorial Bridge on Tuesday January 7, 2014.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Martin County High School traffic along Kanner Highway affected by the new Veterans Memorial Bridge on Tuesday January 7, 2014.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Martin County High School traffic along Kanner Highway affected by the new Veterans Memorial Bridge on Tuesday January 7, 2014.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Martin County High School traffic along Kanner Highway affected by the new Veterans Memorial Bridge on Tuesday January 7, 2014.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Martin County High School traffic along Kanner Highway affected by the new Veterans Memorial Bridge on Tuesday January 7, 2014.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Martin County High School traffic along Kanner Highway affected by the new Veterans Memorial Bridge on Tuesday January 7, 2014.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Martin County High School traffic along Kanner Highway affected by the new Veterans Memorial Bridge on Tuesday January 7, 2014.